New plan aims to have Ruapehu waste-free by 2040
A new waste management plan adopted after public consultation aims for zero waste by 2040
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Video news from around the regions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Solar company at the centre of ten Commerce Commission complaints
Solar panels in hot demand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Ten ComCom complaints about solar power company
Solar panels in hot demand. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Zero waste follows popular beeswax workshop
New educational and fun waste minimisation workshops at Ruapehu
Science of the shake: What caused the 6.2 quake
The magnitude 6.2 earthquake was felt throughout much of New Zealand.
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Yesterday was stunning, but it's going to be a changeable start to the week.
Bid to help family bring hero chopper pilot's body home
The 44-year-old Taumarunui pilot died in Australia following a hit-and-run incident.
Flying high: An 80th birthday present to remember
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Revealed: The top tourist operators in NZ
The country's top tourism businesses have been named - plus the top people's choice.
Finding the lost: Volunteers who search for missing people
Dave Scoullar on the volunteers who drop everything to search for the missing.
Field of dreams: Local heroes luring rep rugby back to heartland NZ
Told their facilities were awful, a couple of enterprising locals did something about it.
Weather warning: 'Severe' storms on the way for North Island
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are set to batter much of the central and upper North Island.
Whanganui police say 'lock up your sheds'
Police have tips to reduce the risk of tools being stolen and help the chance of recovery
Local Focus: Summer tourists outstrip Winter in Ruapehu District
Ruapehu faces similar tourism pressures to Queenstown. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Local Focus: Logs 'come to life' in Tongariro National Park
Pouwhenua mark cultural significance for National Park. Made with funding from NZ on Air
NZH Local Focus: Clean-up continues after Whanganui River’s flash-flood.
Pipiriki boat-ramp kept open by locals during flood. Made with funding from NZ On Air
Stranded tourists flown out from Blue Duck Station
Holidays and visits cut short, but no hardship and great adventure
Pregnant - and storm cuts off the road out
Well-known farm and tourist attraction closed after severe weather hit the district.
Schools cancelled, roads closed as flooding hits parts of NZ
Kids find joy as wet weather closes roads and causes slips across the north.
Countless cars drove by while woman lay trapped in car for 11 hours
She may have been freed from her trapped car, but the trauma has continued.
Trail walkers and cyclists join canoeists
Fine weather brings crowds to Whanganui River this holiday season
Taumarunui is not a 'zombie' town: Mayor
It was a zombie town - but now there's life in the near dead streets.
Thunderstorms brewing over North Island
A second round of thunderstorms are brewing after yesterday's downpours
No takers for $150k Taumarunui job
General manager will receive an "Auckland salary" for the "right" candidate.
Truck ploughs into Taumarunui building
Nobody injured after truck crashed into a building in central North Island town today.
Patchy drizzle making way for fine days
This week will be nothing like last week's wild thunder storms
Local Focus: Kiwi designer made all women feel beautiful
Michael Mattar dresses on show for charity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Kiwi designer knew how to make women feel beautiful
Over 200 dresses are going on show for charity. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Skier who died in crater lake had saved toddler
Richard Ebbett, who lost his life in Ruapehu's crater lake, saved a drowning girl in 2001.
'I counted 20 cars that night. None of them stopped'
Bronwen Jones thought she'd die in -6C temperatures after being trapped in upturned car.
Hour from death: Woman saved from freezing car
Temperatures fell to about -4C on Sunday night as the woman counted 26 cars drive past.
Injured woman rescued after 11-hour ordeal
Passing traffic oblivious to woman trapped and injured in freezing cold after crash
Watch NZH Local Focus: Drench resistance among sheep and farmers
Breeding parasite resistant sheep. Made with funding from NZ On Air.